Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-25-Speech-4-339"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-11-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Tibet - plans to make Chinese the main language of instruction2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101125.29.4-339"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-25-Speech-4-3402
lpv:speaker	lp:Heidi Hautala2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; DROI (2009-07-20--2011-06-21)3 unknown; Vihreä liitto (2009-07-14--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2011-06-21)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2011-06-21)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2009-07-20--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2010-03-11--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2011-06-21)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Article 4 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China guarantees all citizens and nationalities the right to use and develop their own spoken and written language. Given this, we are very justifiably concerned about the news which we recently received that the status of the Tibetan language as a language of instruction might be being weakened. I know that there are protests in this huge country against the fact that the forms of the Chinese language spoken in Shanghai and Canton are disappearing in the same way, and this is another cause for concern. It is important that the People’s Republic of China should acknowledge that the preservation of Tibetan culture is crucially dependent on its language, and that the Tibetan language should be kept as the first language of instruction and also used in universities. Of course, genuine bilingualism is an important objective. It needs to be recognised that it is only sensible that the Tibetans also study Chinese, but making it the first language of instruction is bound to be problematic, as it will mean that Tibetan culture will suffer. It is also important that China at long last ratifies the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that it signed years ago, because that would do more to guarantee the protection of ethnic and religious minorities and the preservation of their languages and cultures."@en1
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